FBI Director Kash Patel waves after taking his seat at the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

FBI Director Kash Patel takes his seat as he arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

Photojournalists take pictures as FBI Director Kash Patel takes his seat as he arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

(L/R) FBI Director Kash Patel is greeted by Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican from Iowa, as he arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

FBI Director Kash Patel takes his seat as he arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

FBI Director Kash Patel takes his seat as he arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

FBI Director Kash Patel takes his seat as he arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)

FBI director Kash Patel takes his seat as he arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)